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loud ticking noise at first start up- normal?

i have a new ccr 2.2 with about 6000 miles on it and have noticed as it has gotten a bit cooler that it ticks really loud for about 10 minutes in the morn until it is warmed up, it is not cold here in az, maybe 50-55 in the morn, i am concerned something is wrong and i might hurt the motor, have been not moving it until it is warmed up good

My '90 (2.2) ticked on very cold mornings for over 100,000 miles (the second 100k of it's life) with no other symptoms. The ticking would go on for a minute or two if I left it idling. But if at any point, including almost right away, if I started driving, even slowly, the ticking would stop in a few seconds. That makes me think it was likely oil pressure related -- except then I'd have expected other problems to surface or the ticking to get worse/not stop. If I understand how it works, piston slap should only stop when the engine block and pistons reach a certain temp and expand enough -- who knows though. Never really got worse, more frequent, or happened in warmer weather. Sold the car at 235k miles, running great.

Hesitate to call it "normal", as it's obviously not designed to do that. But I would call it par for the course, and mostly harmless, in a 2.2 with some miles. Lots of mentions on this site and others.

If you do let the oil level drop too much, like a couple of quarts (yes, I am embarrassed to say: been there -- did not seem to F up the engine, but it made me a bit sick to my stomach when I saw how low it was)...the engine will tick until you dump some oil in there. Not sure if it's the same thing going on, but the sound is very similar.

ok thanks for the input everybody, i will try contacting ccr but since they were terrible about answering their e-mails during the ordering and subsequent problems i had when the motor got here i am doubting they will answer this one either

i am also going to use the sube oil filter like suggested, will try giving it a little gas to see if raising the idle makes it go away